Come dine with me?

I had a birthday card commission for a lady who loves to play the come dine with me challenge with her family and this is what I came up with.

Image - Bugaboo, background cuddly Buddly

Papers - Nitwits

Medium - promarkers

Embellishments - glitter

I would like to enter this into

Catch the Bug - anything goes
Allsorts - free and easy
The ABC Challenge - c for colourful
Simply Create too - anything goes
Card Makin Mamas - anything goes
Creative Knocks - all that glitters
CRAFT - anything goes

I also wanted to enter my little Bunny hat into Elaine's challenge
Craft My Life - anything goes except cards

Took me a while crocheting this one but it is so soft and cuddly, so well worth it lol.

Doing well with my new year's resolution to post more, 2 days this week already lol.
Will pop round now and catch up with you all.

Love is like a butterfly...

Another bad photo day for me!! One has a pink glow the other is lifeless!

Anyway the challenge over at POLKA DOODLES this week is 

SPRING COLOURS/PASTELS

I made an 8x8 card using papers and sentiment from Cherryblossom Lane Cd. The butterfly digi is also from there and I have coloured it with promarkers and punched some tiny butterflies which I also coloured with promarkers and added some glitter. The ribbon and brad is from my stash.

I would like to enter this into

The ABC Challenge - Not just one -3embellishments (ribbon, brad, punched butterflies)

Dutch Dare - recipe 1 image, 1 sentiment, 2pp, 3 embellishments

Moving Along with the times - colour challenge

Crafts and me - use a digi

Fab n Funky - favourite embellishment (ribbon)

A gem of a challenge - wings

Hope you get time to enter the challenge.

It looks gorgeous outside here today, lets hope it lasts over the weekend!!

Have a good one.

Make it sparkle!

Our challenge today at Crafty Sentiments is  SPARKLE. I went with a lovely little floral design which came free with a cd from Complete Cardmaking. Suzette had included a host of lovely little images and  some digi papers.

I went with white layers using my spellbinder dies. The image was coloured with promarkers and I added lots of glitter and gems. The card itself was embossed with a floral design and each layer was raised and the final square was glittered round the edges...a small but bulky card lol. I didn't add a sentiment as I am not sure what occasion I will use this for. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons, it has a bit of gold running through it.

I would like to enter this into

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - lots of layers

Cupcake Craft Challenge - image with flowers

Stampin Sisters in Christ - punches, dies or shapes

Saturday Challenge - white on white except for image

Crafty Catz - ribbons and bows

Cute Card Thursday - bling it up

Spots and stripes!

I thought I wasn't going to get to post today at all. We lost our phone and internet connection at lunch time yesterday but thankfully it arrived back at 9pm:) Let's hope it stays here! On the home front my craft room is being plastered as we speak;) very excited!!

Back to the job in hand lol. Its time for a new challenge at LADYBUG  CRAFTS INK and this week Diane has chosen the challenge and its SPOTS and STRIPES! I had the perfect papers for this one and of course went with one of my favourite Nikki stamps!

Image - Shopping Nikki

Papers - We R Memory Keepers

Embellishments - pearls and gorgeous striped ribbon from HERE

Medium - coloured with promarkers

I would like to enter this into

Lollipop Crafts - anything goes

Crafts and Me - light airy spring colours

Paperplay - spring colours

Stampin for the weekend - anything goes

Totally Gorjuss - spots and stripes

Sweet stampin - anything goes

PanPastel Uk - bright colours

I love to bake!

Had a few cards to make for the same lady this week. She loves to bake cakes and desserts so hope these goes down well. I have had this image for ages so nice to be able to use it again.

Image - Magnolia stamp, cupcake stamps from patchwork pals

Papers - Nitwit collection

Embellishments - glitter, faux stitching

Sentiment - freebie from Charmed Cards over at Dotties world

Medium - promarkers

I am entering this into these challenges

Magnolia down Under - followed their sketch

Passion for ProMarkers - old and new (old stamp new sentiment and paper)

Party Time Tuesday - 1 image, 2 dps 3 embellishments (cupcakes, sentiment, numbers)

Crazy 4 Challenges - circles

Dotties World - anything goes red

Hey chick!

Another fashion guru card lol. This time for an 18year old. Lots of pink and lime green, gems and bows and punching! Got a better photo as it was lovely and bright here yesterday.

Image - Lil Lolita Kellita (Tickled Pink stamps)

Sentiment - Ladybug Crafts Ink

Medium - pencils and sansodor

Papers - from my stash

Embellishments - lime lace, fiskars punch, gems

I am entering this into

Lil Lolita Boutique Challenges - birthday theme

Tickled Pink Stamp Monthly - followed their sketch

Saturday Challenge - Manga

Shopping Girl

Camera back on track and a bit of descent light so got to take a photo of my card. This is for a 20 year old from her grandparents. I came across these lovely little digis yesterday and just had to get them! They are from Scrapbook Sisters and I just love this one. (I got 4 in total)

Image - Shopping Girl Digi from Scrapbook Sisters

Papers - Brenda Walton Chocolate Neopolitan

Medium - pencils and sansodor

Embellishments - ribbon, punched flowers, brads, fancy cut scissors

I am entering this into these challenges:

Scrapbook Sisters - flower power

Fairymoon Crafts - followed this lovely sketch

Sweet Stampin Challenge - ribbons

Pear Tree Designs - free for all

One Stitch at a Time - fav embellishment (flowers)

Welcome to my newest follower SPARKLY MOO!!

Spooky birthday!

Well my daughter made it to the meal yesterday and ate a substantial amount of food lol. We had a lovely day, the weather was lovely and we all ate enough to warrant an afternoon snooze lol.

Today I have a card that I had to make for a girls birthday which falls on Halloween and they are having a fancy dress party to celebrate. So the lady wanted a card to incorporate both.

I came across this image during the week and knew it would be perfect for the occasion. If you haven't check these out yet you need to!! You can see them here.

Image - Tickled Pink

Papers - freebie from Bearly Mine Designs

Embellishments - stamps from Townscrapper of bat and pumpkin

Medium - coloured with polychromos and sansodor

I am entering this into these challenges

Everybody Art - followed this great sketch

Lil Lolita Boutique - orange, purple and black

Simon Says - halloween

The Townscrapper - distressed

Fussy n fancy - halloween

Saturday Challenge - distressing

Aly's Sunday Challenge - halloween

Stamp, scrap and doodle - halloween

Remember you still have time to enter the SIR STAMPALOT challenge with your autumn creations. It can just be as simple as autumn colours, a leaf, a pumpkin etc, so long as you add a button and a bow, and there is a brilliant prize up for grabs!!

Mouse in the garden!

Have a few cards to make for 90th birthdays which I love getting orders for. I always feel your card will be appreciated by someone who has been around a long time lol. I used a cd, pin pricking and decoupage and stamping to creating this card. Hope she likes it.

stamp - crafters companion

Image - rose garden from Thomas Kinkade cd (I love these cds)

Embellishments - pin pricking, pearls, decoupage

Medium - pencils

I am entering this into these challenges:

The CD Sunday challenge - use decoupage with a cd (the roses are decoupaged)

Stampin Sisters in Christ - nature card

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - anything goes

Totally Paper crafts - the great outdoors

Paper Pretties - project with an animal or animal print (used a little mouse)

I received this lovely award of my friend Miria. Thanks so much for thinking of me Miria. If you haven't checked out Miria's blog then you are missing out on a lot of inspiration!! So go check her out HERE

Also received this award from my lovely friend Crafty Chris. Be sure and check out Christine's blog HERE full of inspiration and good clean fun!!

If the shoe fits!

Would you believe this card is for an 85 year old lady! She totally adores fashion, shoes, shopping and is really young at heart! Hope I live that long and still feel like that!!

Image - stamping boutique (I think)

Papers - daisy company

Embellishments - ribbon, sparkly letters, punched border, punched flower, sewing machine

Medium - pencils

I am entering this into these challenges:

Sketch Saturday - followed their sketch

Stamp, scrap and doodle - stitching

Creative Craft Challenges - glamour puss

Welcome to my newest follower ANG. I know who you are Ang and will be over today.

Sent with love

A happy birthday card for an elderly gentleman for his wife. He didn't want anything too fussy.

Image - one I have had for ages not sure where I got it

Papers - all from my stash

Embellishments - sticky ribbon, peel off letters and butterflies

Medium - coloured with my pencils and gel pens

I am entering this into these challenges:

1. By the Cute and Girly - Indian Summer (a late summer birthday)

2. Saturday Challenge - clean and simple

3. One Stitch at a Time - blooms, butterflies and bling

4. Flutterby Wednesday - pink and wings

Chocolate mice!

Rotten day here, rain on and off all day! Everything seems so grey after the lovely sunshine. My card today is for a friend's birthday, hope she likes mice lol. I used one of JS decoupage HM sheets. They are so lovely and look much better in real life. The backing paper is from DCWV nursery pack, added sticky lace, an dotty embossed background, the sentiment is computer generated and the mice are all decoupaged. I added 4 little pearl circles to the corners. This is for these challenges;
1. Housemouse and friends - followed their sketch

2. Paper Sundaes - birthday card

3. The crafty pad - embossing

4. Simon Says - friends (little mice friends lol)

5. Allsorts - embossing

Pot of love

Had a card for a Mum's birthday and used the lovely digi from FSS, coloured with copics. The papers are also from FSS, I added apiece of lace, some punched flowers and pearls and gold peel offs. The butterfly is a vellum sticker.
This is for
1. Midnight Madness - followed their sketch
2. Papertake Weekly - Icecream flavours (strawberry and vanilla)

Happy Hairday!

This card is for a hairdresser on her birthday. The image is a colouring page, papers are from Daisy Company along with the paper flowers which I resized and matted together, finished with glitter. The image is coloured with copics. Used my MS border punch and greeting is computer generated. So cold here today, had about 30mins sunshine then it upped and left lol. I am entering this into these challenges:

1. Paperplay challenge - followed their sketch

2. Polkadoodles - birthday

3. Totallypapercrafts - use a digi

4. DieCutDreams - black, white and one other colour

Pinky

Drama Queen!

Hi everyone from a very snowy N. Ireland. I have not seen this much snow at once in years!! Nice to look at but so glad I had my walk over early when there was only about an inch or two of snow lying. Isn't it lovely though when you get that lovely sunshine along with it, everything just seems to sparkle. This card is for a 17 year old girl is loves drama. I have made it with 4 challenges in mind

1. Pricillastyles - followed their brilliant sketch.

2. Anyone for Anya - anything goes

3. Fab n' Funky - anything

4. ABC challenge - layers (mind is layered papers, 4 to be precise.

Image - The Greeting Farm

Papers - funky fairies

Medium - Distress Inks, glitter

Pinky

Twillight years!!

This easel card is for a real fan of the Twilight movies/books and she is going to be 60! You go girl eh!
I am entering this into two challenges
1. Inspirational Card Sketches - followed their lovely sketch
2. PaperPlay Challenge - movie/book theme.
Papers - digi twilight download, image from google
Embellishments - gold letters from October C4E kit, ribbon and flower from stash
Pinky

Kittie's Bows!

This easel card looks so orange but believe me its not, its a lovely shade of red/pink tones. I saw over at Stampavie part of their challenge was to use a bow following the tutorial provided. I had a go, but the ribbon I used was way to flimsy so it didn't come out the way I would have liked. Have practised with narrow heavy ribbon and its amazing! Anyway this is for that challenge and also the challenge over at Totally Gorjuss where I followed Net's lovely sketch.

papers - Brenda pinnick

image - Sarah Kay

Embellishments - ribbon, flowers and gems

Medium - copics and promarkers, glitter

Tools - tonic punch border set.

Pinky

Sophie with present

This is for my SIL whose birthday is on Christmas Eve. I have tied it with 3 challenges.

1. S2G Challenges - followed their sketch and the twist this week was something tin or metal

2. Copic colour Challenge - YR04, RVO6 and YGo3

3. CRAFT Challenge - Christmas Birthday

4. AiFactory - digital papers

Papers - digi papers

Image - Sophie and present from Digi Boutique

Medium - copics, glitter glue

Embellishments - metal charm, gem brad, greeting

Pinky

The Sugar Bowl

Finally got a card made for the Sugar Bowl challenge with only one day left! Followed the lovely sketch by Marlene and added the zigzag using fancy cut scissors.
Papers - DCWV sparkly papers
Image - Fizz by Sugar Nellie
Medium - Copics and stickles
Embellishments - happy birthday embossing folder, peel off numbers
Pinky

ICS and AiFactory

Busy day, have spent more time in the car than here! But I did get a card made. I used the sketch over at Inspirational Card Sketches and have used a freebie image from AiFactory.
Image - AiFactory
Papers - Daisy Company
Embossing - Fiskar boards
Embellishments - cake candles, tag, punched flowers
Medium - copics, promarkers, stickles Gloss Touch 3d Paint, glitter, faux stitching using whispers

Pinky